The No More Deaths personnel committee invites applications for the following paid position. Continue reading Position available: logistics coordinator
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Apply now to volunteer this summer
Come work with us in June and July for our Summer Volunteer Program. We are happy to announce that we have opened up applications for volunteer sessions in June and July! Please review the program and application information.
After Raymondville: A call to support incarcerated immigrants in resistance
On February 20, 2015, the men imprisoned in the Willacy County Correctional Center in Raymondville, Texas, took it over en masse and destroyed it. This was the most recent in a string of uprisings that have taken place since the government began incarcerating immigrants on a mass scale for “improper entry” and other minor offenses: Continue reading After Raymondville: A call to support incarcerated immigrants in resistance
Al Jazeera: “For migrants in Arizona who call 911, it’s Border Patrol on the line”
For migrants in Arizona who call 911, it’s Border Patrol on the line
Puck Lo, Al Jazeera, March 25, 2015
TUCSON, Ariz. — Ely Ortiz, 42, spends many of his weekends combing Arizona’s sprawling deserts on foot, searching for people whom 911 rescue workers didn’t, or won’t, look for: lost and distressed undocumented migrants making the perilous journey from Mexico into the United States. Continue reading Al Jazeera: “For migrants in Arizona who call 911, it’s Border Patrol on the line”
Chicago Sun-Times: “Booted across the border with bogus checks”
Booted across the border with bogus checks
Marlen Garcia, Chicago Sun-Times, March 12, 2015
The first step for immigrants deported from the U.S. to Reynosa, Mexico, is to check in with Mexican authorities at the Tamaulipeco Institute for Migrants at the end of their walk on the International Bridge. Continue reading Chicago Sun-Times: “Booted across the border with bogus checks”
Stand with Rosa! Eight months in Sanctuary
Dear NMD supporters,
Eight months ago a courageous Tucsonan, Rosa Robles Loreto, entered into public Sanctuary at Southside Presbyterian Church in an effort to stop her pending deportation and to remain with her family and community here in Arizona. Continue reading Stand with Rosa! Eight months in Sanctuary
Position available: volunteer coordinator
The No More Deaths personnel committee invites applications for the following stipended position. Continue reading Position available: volunteer coordinator
Trial to begin for 13 Tucson activists that stopped Operation Streamline buses
Contact: Maryada Vallet
520-240-1641, email, Twitter @NoMoreDeaths
TUCSON, AZ—A trial will begin for 13 activists on Monday, 16 March 2015, for charges stemming from a direct action that took place on 11 October 2013 blocking two buses transporting undocumented immigrants to the daily proceedings of “Operation Streamline.” Continue reading Trial to begin for 13 Tucson activists that stopped Operation Streamline buses
Apply now to volunteer in May with Desert Aid
We are happy to announce that we have posted the application for the May 2015 session of our Desert-Aid Volunteer Program. This is a new volunteer opportunity we are offering during the times of year when our spring and summer programs are not running.
Helping Immigrants Recover Detained Money and Belongings: Best Practices
Our report Shakedown: How Deportation Robs Immigrants of Their Money and Belongings documents immigration authorities’ failure to return people’s personal property to them in the process of detaining and deporting them. Continue reading Helping Immigrants Recover Detained Money and Belongings: Best Practices